Mobile Software Engineer

Peraton is seeking a Mobile Software Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Herndon, VA with some remote work possible. The qualified applicant will become part of Peraton's Department of State (DOS) Consular Systems Modernization (CSM) Program, for the Bureau of Diplomatic Technology (DT). This initiative will modernize and consolidate the operational environment under a common technology framework in order to better support the services provided to CA’s customers. 

Peraton is looking for a proven Mobile Software Engineer to join the team in support of a development environment to help drive system innovation for related services and designing mobile based applications with a focus on performance and security. The Mobile Engineer will architect, design, implement, and optimize native iOS and Android mobile apps and lead the development and enhancement of a feature rich application. This role will cover all engineering functions and ensure design and solutions have a modern, elegant, and intuitive user experience while keeping the technical solution scalable, maintainable, and reliable.

 Responsibilities: 

• Conducts research in mobile and distributed system design, development, testing and utilization.
• Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs native iOS and Android mobile apps as well as backend applications software and systems.
• Conducts multidisciplinary research in mobile and distributed system design and collaborates with UI/UX designers, platform engineers, cybersecurity teams, and hardware engineers in planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software.
• Determines end user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions.
• Ensures engineering and security standards are met.
• Analyzes user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
• Confers with systems analysts, engineers, DevSecOps teams, and others to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
• Designs, develops, and modifies software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design.
• Coordinates software system installations and monitors equipment functioning to ensure specifications are met.
• Develops software and database code solutions to allow for the enablement of system capabilities across the supported mobile development platform.
• Plans, directs, and coordinates all activities associated with creating software across multiple functional areas and products. 
• Prioritizes and allocates projects, products, and resources with the assistance of architects and managers. 
• Participates in the strategic decisions about technology, definition, and implementation of the software products. 
• Directs software development projects to include ensuring that projects are completed on time and according to quality standards, facilitating communication upward and across project team including project status, dependencies, justifications for variances and technical information. 
• Organizes projects through development of a project plan which includes communication of product goals as defined by top management, definition of project strategy, identification of the roles and responsibilities of key project groups, development of a schedule with key milestones, identification of risks, contingency plans, and allocation of project resources. 
• Monitors technology trends such as emerging standards for new technology opportunities.  

DOSCSM

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree and at least 8 years’ experience leading the development of mobile applications.
• Strong understanding of business and technical processes to formulate and develop new and modified business information processing systems.
• Strong customer service and communications skills, both oral and written.
• Strong critical thinking skills that facilitate expedient problem solving.
• Strong background in software and database development with experience in secure, scalable web and mobile platforms.
• Proficient in modern mobile frameworks such as Flutter, React Native, Swift, Kotlin, and backend languages such as Java, C#, Objective-C, Xcode, Python, or Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP).
• Proficient in iOS frameworks (UIKit, SwiftUI, Core Data, Core Animation.
• Skilled in Microsoft SQL.
• Knowledge of USWDS and 508 standards.
• Knowledge of web and mobile security standards including Cross Site Scripting (XSS), Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF), and SQL injection mitigation.
• Experience with mobile CI/CD pipelines and Git.
• Experience leading agile development teams and managing timelines, risks, and stakeholder communication.
• Experience with agile development methodologies and be able to lead project planning, estimation, and tracking efforts.
• U.S. Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain or have an Active Secret (or higher) clearance. Interim clearance acceptable.  

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience working within US Dept of State environments is a plus.
• Must be proficient working in an Agile environment.
• Experience publishing apps in iOS and Android app stores
• Experience using engineering environments and tools that support agile development such as JIRA and Confluence.
• Experience developing in both Apple and Android mobile environments.
• Experience with GitLab and Jenkins.